U.S. Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science ...

With the Earth warming at a record rate, the list of locales that could reliably host a Winter Games will shrink substantially in the coming years.

A warming climate and the use of artificial snow is making it more dangerous and difficult to compete at the Winter Olympics.

Scott notes that, in some cases, the practice can change the ecological balance of a region, causing, for example, delayed ...

At the Winter Olympics, athletes race down immaculate white slopes. The snow looks perfect. But it is largely manufactured.

In La Nina winters, nature doesn't always provide natural snow to help ski areas open. Across the U.S. and around the world, resorts often use machines to build base depths when nature can't provide ...

Memphis city council members Pearl Eva Walker and Yolanda Cooper Sutton (and many other people online) say that snow is fake.

It's that time of the year when a lot of us are settling in to rewatch favorite holiday movies. And what would holiday movies be without snow? Fake snow, to be precise. NPR producer Danny Hensel looks ...

The best snow machines are affordable and easy to use. Offering high output in a user-friendly package, the Chauvet DJ Snow Machine lets you recreate a blizzard in your yard—whether or not the ...